Color Sanding F7 single stage Help

[carsnguitars]

So I got my car finally painted, F7 drk green - 71 charger.
There are few very small dust in the paint.
With metalic color, can I still hit it with 1500 or 2000 and buff it out (I have heard yes but be careful/and heard no)
Or should I sand it, then clear coat it?
It looks nice, but do have few imperfections some overspray to take care  of.
I have done solid colors before, but not sure about a Metallic

Sounds like you cant clear single stage anyways...so looks like sand down the area with some dust and re-spray....ugh...

[cdr]

no sanding of metallic single stage,most urethane single stage can be clear coated. 

[bill440rt]

Generally single stage metallics are not to be color sanded. As you are sanding the paint surface you are removing material, which then alters the metallic layout causing blotchiness and unevenness.
Furthermore, you really can't clear coat it now because you will need to sand the surface in order for the clear to adhere. You'll be clear coating over blotchy paint, making it even more permanent.

If you have random dust spots you might want to try just nib sanding only the spots out and buff that way, rather than color sanding the complete panel.
How much dirt exactly is in the finish? Are you happy with the paint texture?

[carsnguitars]

Thanks for the replies and info. I have little particles, and some fisheye..
I was thinking I would hit it with 1500 and probably just re-shoot the panel that needs it.
Start with a nice smooth panel and put another couple coats over it.

I think he shot it on the cooler side, mid 60s, so it might not have flowed out quite enough in some areas??

[Lord Warlock]

If it isn't a metallic color, you can color sand single stage paint and buff it out afterwards.  If you can get a clearcoat that is in the same paint family you can clear over single stage as well.  Mixing clears designed for polyurethane and acrylic enamels will often react badly and cause the surface to pucker in places (not good as it usually involves a total respray to fix) I recently found that doing trim in lacquer based paint over a acrylic enamel was a totally bad idea as it reacted badly and now i'm stuck sanding it all down and repriming.  I was using black lacquer on the roof panel, and trim/headlight doors of the stealth i have as it was easier to buy than driving across town to get the poly paint i normally use for the body color.  Turns out I should have driven the distance. 

[Moparparts]

As others have mentioned you can not sand metallics but depending on how much material you put on you can buff it to help level it out and help remove the overspray and light dirt

[Patronus]

You could try sanding with trizac (3000g) on the panel you'd likely reshoot and try buffing that out to see what finish you can clean up and how it turns out?